India rejects a United Nations report that describes gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company as “India-based.” Multiple outlets say India’s rebuttal comes in response to a UN special rapporteur’s characterisation, which India officials argue misrepresents the group’s location and factual basis.
India’s position is delivered through Raghoo Puri, a First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, who tells the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee that the rapporteur’s report contains “glaring inaccuracies.” The reporting highlights that Puri cites the 2003 Security Council listing referenced in the report and argues that reading the description alone creates a misleading impression.
Across coverage, most sources emphasise India’s objection and the claim of inaccurate attribution in the UN document. India Today frames the episode as India “slamming” the rapporteur over Dawood Ibrahim’s reported Pakistan presence, while Business Line and The Hindu focus on the formal rejection and the specific argument about the “India-based” label and the Security Council listing referenced in the UN report.
